#scuttlebutt #irc

08:38 <cel> freenode appears to be under control of a private limited company now, against the wishes of its volunteer staff.
08:44 <cel> you should have received a Global Notice from former staff member jess about 30 minutes ago
08:44 <cel> more info: https://blog.bofh.it/debian/id_461
08:47 <cel> some of the staff have set up a successor network in a similar spirit: libera.chat.

Farewell messages from the staff:
amdj, edk, milsp, Fuchs, jess, JonathanD, kline, Md, mniip, niko

@S0ur_Patch (Laptop) you're right, I believe it is known, sadly. I hope this leads to greater awareness of the value of IRC and good organizational structures.

09:14 <cel> posted to ssb: %YFVcX0u... %QOkZocc...
10:06 <cel> i suggest moving to libera.chat or other networks. ping me if you would like your nick added here: https://gist.github.com/shadowcat-mst/998cea12794768bdb3da2daeff31baad#gistcomment-3748770

10:17 <cel> %ozSD/lG...
11:38 <cel> another good network i think is OFTC: https://oftc.net/
11:45 <cel> OFTC is for Open Source and Free Software communities. Libera Chat is for free and open source software projects and similarly-spirited collaborative endeavours ("peer-directed projects" - like old freenode)
11:45 <cel> what do others here think?

I think IRC still has its use.

I registered #scuttlebutt on Libera Chat and on OFTC, and also group @ssbc on OFTC.

Several people have joined the channel on Libera Chat.